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WE'VE BEEN RACING {AND WINNING).
BELLI NG AND SERVICING
PORSCHE + AUDI
HOLBERT'S PORSCHE AUDI, INC.1425 Easton Rd., Warrington, Pa. 215 Dl215 Dl 3-2890
ELECTED OFFICERSPRESIDENT
Nick Imperato431 Old Eagle School RoadNayne, PA 19087215-687-9262
TREASURERBob Parker
6352 McCallum St.
Philadelphia, PA 19144215-V18-2985
COMPETITIONJoe Long2614 Cumberland Avenue
Mount Penn, PA 19606215-779-0445
VICE PRESIDENT
Erik Koch47 Becker Road
North Wales. PA 19454215-699-3984
PAST PRESIDENTHerb ObersonOld Schuylkill Road, RDflPottstown, PA 19464215-327-0588
MEMBERSHIP
Connie Sweigart1004 Broad St.
Perkasie, PA 18944215-249-9138
SECRETARY
Judy Smith358 Beverly Blvd.Upper Darby, PA.19082
SOCIAL
John 6 Roberta Phin5 Fawn Lane
Haverford, PA 19041215-527-2015
EDITOR
Bob Patton138 Merlin Road
Phoenixvi1le, PA 19460215-935-1725
APPOINTED POSITIONSPROGRAMSMel Feldman951 Robin LaneHuntingdon Valley, PA215-WI7-1312
PHA REPRESENTATIVEJess Holshouser
P.O. Box 249
Pipersville, PA 18947215-766-8201
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Erik Koch
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
The summer is apon us, the Bicentenial Celebrationis behinds us, but Riesentoter Region PGA continues tomove right along. The presentation of the Porsche924 - at Holberts was grand. Though the car photographsbadly, in person it is impressive. I want to expressmy personal thanks to Al Holbert and his crew fora memorable event. Good food, good booze, good cars,and good friends made a perfect evening. Specialthanks to Mel Feldman for this outstanding meeting,as well as the other great programs of the year.Having spent two years in the position prior to thepresidency I know how tough it is.
The year rolls on - just take a look at thecalendar of events for July and August. Again,Riesentoter has listed something for everyone. The"Bigie" for August is the picnic. As always - thisfamily event is most exciting.
Time to go to another event. Have to have Patpush the car. Hope to see you there.
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JULY AUGUSTSun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat
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July 17 Tech session at Holbert's — see page 81? W-H Day at Trenton Speedway — see page l817 SVSCC Rallye ~ call 327-062717 SCCA Spirit of '76 Rallye — call 855-987917-18 Giant's Despair Hillclirab18 Quad Region Sprint III — see pagel8 DVSA/OYRSCC Sprint — CANCELLEDl8 BSCC Rallye — call ES9-027721 BMC Rallye — call (302) 731-^77723-25 Chesapeake Challenge — see June DER GASSER25 DVSA/KSCC Sprint — Exton Mall25 BMC Sprint — All American Eng., Wilm., DE25 SJSCC Rallye — call (609) 663-00if228 Meeting at Sea Watch — see below
Aug 1 Quad Region Sprint IV — see page lif8 DVSA/SCCA Championship Sprint — Mont. Co.
Comm. Coll. — Rain or Shine
8 LSCC Rallye — call (609) 65^-8^66lif Schattenbaum Porsche - BMW Challenge - p. l81^ SCCA Rallye — call 855-98791^ RTMC Rallye — call NI^-857515 New Hope Auto Show — see page 1215 DVSA/DVSCC Champ. Sprint — Bucks Co. Coll.15 BMC Sprint --All American Eng., Wilm., DE22 Riesentoter Picnic — see pages l6 8f 1722 DVSA/VFMC Sprint — GE Space Center25 Meeting at Sea Watch — see below29 DVSA/VFMC Championship Sprint — GE Space Cr.29 BMC Rallye — call (302) 731-^777
The July and August meetings will be held onJuly 28 and August 25 respectively, at Sea Watch inJeffersonville, PA (see map on page 3) at 8:00 PM.July's program will be a slide show about sprinting,and August's program will be a used parts auction.Send Mel Feldman a list of parts you may wish toauction off. See you there.
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TECH SESSION AT HOLBERT'S
Once again, Holbert's Porsche + Audi hasinvited Riesentoter region to use its facilitiesfor a TECH SESSION to be held on Saturday, July 1?and beginning at 9:00 AM. Gompetant mechanics willbe available in the fully equipped service area toassist you with anything you may need, or you canwork on your own or with others. The parts department will be open, and refreshments will be served.The cost is a mere one dollar, and that goes intothe Riesentoter treasury. Holbert's is seven milesnorth of the Willow Grove Exit (Exit # 27) of thePennsylvania Turnpike on Route 6l1.
1977 PORSCHE 924
A new kind of Porsche, the front-engine 924, will make its American debut thisweek at Porsche Audi dealers coast-to-coast. The 924 is the first non-air-cooled
Porsche in the company's 27-year history. The 924's transmission and differentialis a unit (a transaxle) mounted In the rear of the car for balanced weight distribution and precise sports car handling. The manufacturer's suggested retail priceat U. S. ports of entry Is $9,395.
RIESENTOTER REMINESCENCES13 Years Past
Per Gasser of August 19^1 featured a report onGiant's Despair Hillclimb, in which it was notedthat Charlie Biedler had won G Production in his1300s Coupe, breaking the prior record time in theprocess.
Also mentioned was the permanent establishmentof the U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen.
The meeting place at the time was the PeacockGarden Inn, King of Prussia.
10 Years Past
President of the Region at this time was BobYoung, who is still an active member of Riesentoter.
Reported in Per Gasser of September 1966 were:1) An autosprint at Christmas Village.2) A gymkhana at Univac.3) The upcoming Banquet.k) PCA History.5) "Ramblings" by Don Reinhard.6) "Pies und Pas" by Lew Hann.
We even had a staff artist at the time, JanPethick.
The meeting place was the Oak Tavern in Hatfield
3 Years Past
Per Gasser was, by this time, in the bookletform which we now use, and all 20 pages were loadedwith interesting articles, editorials, and race reports .
Among the new members were Bob and Babe Ahrenswho "wanted to enter their 1971 91 IE in Concoursd'Elegance in New Hope." (I wonder if they will*)
These were the days when we as a region had 23or 30 cars to our own events, which were held atBushkill Pines, Christmas Village and Virginville.Perhaps all the 911 and 91^ drivers would care totest the durability of their machines against the336's which have been running these events (and winning) for 13 years. Consider this an invitation,not a challenge.
Bill Smith
WHY ALL 1974 PORSCHES ARE BROWN
Porsche introduced the Bosch Continuous Injec
tion System (CIS) on the 1973 91 IT and it has been
used on all models from 197^ on. Unlike the previ
ous (mechanical) system, fuel is metered by measur
ing the engine air intake. Various temperature sen
sitive regulators enrich the mixture for cold start
ing.
The system has only two adjustments: an air
bleed screw to set the idle and a CO adjustment set
ting. In actual operation, the air intake raises a
counterbalanced sensor plate by an amount propor
tional to the rate of air flow. As the sensor plate
is raised, a plunger in the fuel distributor is dis
placed, increasing the amount of fuel to the cylin
ders. Through this coupling, the proper fuel to air
ratio is maintained at all times.
The CIS is often temperamental and the following
are some of the problems:
l) Engine backfire: often when starting, theengine will backfire with highly variable consequen
ces: the rubber air boot may be popped off (the car
will not run until it is replaced by loosening the
ring clamp and refitting it); in other cases, the
sensor plate may become misaligned resulting in poor
performance at low rpm's (the plate sticks and then
suddenly pops free — it's extremely aggravating).
In the extreme, the entire airbox may be destroyed.
This happens with the early airboxes. Later units
have five strengthening ribs (not three) and will
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take a lot more punishment. There soesn't seem to
be any known cure for this. Usually it happens to
l97A-'s. One repairman has suggested the new warmup
regulator (^92.00) will cure it. My car has done
all three, but has been behaving pretty well since
its last W-lO (lOOO miles ago).
2) Dirt in the fuel distributor: this is
really big time money since the distributor cannot
be cleaned very well. A new one is over S300.00 and
new injectors are $2^,00 each. Watch your fuel fil
ter like a hawk and replace it every 10,000 miles.
If you have doubts about how it's working, discon
nect the output and run some fuel into a jar or can
to see if it's clean.
Finally, I'm sure you've all been wondering why
my car is brown. The answer is simple: I have
owned it six months with the following results: one
destroyed airbox (at a tech session -- very conven
ient), one new fuel distributor, four new injectors,
six fouled platinum plugs, and at least three sensor
plate and CO adjustments. It has cost me about Sl50
and lots more to Porsche for the parts that were
covered during warantee. All of the work has been
done by Holbert or Willis and neither can give me
any assurance that it won't backfire again tomorrow
misaligning the sensor plate again.
Dennis Mahoney
Postscript: the material for this article and theone on mechanical injection (April DER GASSER) wasgleaned from fuel injection publications offered byStoddard in the May issue of PANORAMA.
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N.H.A.S./P.M.H.I. IS COMING 111
N.H.A.S./P.M.H.I. IS COMING!!!
It's time to get out the buckets. Classic
Car wax and Armor-All because the NEW HOPE AUTO
SHOW is on the way. Once again the rolling hills
of Bucks County will be the site of Riesentoters
doing battle to show whose Porsches are best. The
main assault takes place on Sunday, August 15,
1976. After the battle ( and with trophies in hand)
Riesentoters will "march on" to Pamela Minford's
Hacienda Inn for some merriment, "spirits" and
food to celebrate the victory ( or dress tl^
woundsi). All are invited to come and share in
the spoils'
Meet at the restaurant (in New Hope) at 5:30.
99"PORSCHE NOW & THEN
The Arabas & Champion Publishing Company, P. 0.Box 2901, Waterbury, CN 06720, has asked me to tellyou that their portfolio of framable Porsche Prints,called "Porsche Now & Then" is being offered to youat a reduced price of SlO.OO per copy (regular priceis $12.00) for the next thirty days. The portfoliocontains fifteen full color photographs, size lOj x14'^, taken by photographer Michael Moriarty in scenic New England. They are printed on Kromecoat stockand include a Carrera Speedster, a 904 GTS, a Conv-ertable D, a 530 Spyder and eleven other excitingphotographs.
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A BEDTIME STORY
Once upon a time there was a puppy who was lostand hungry. One day he wandered over to the localPorsche + Audi dealer, hoping for a test ride in anew Turbo, and trying to get a bite to eat in theprocess. The dealer was very nice to him, and hedecided to visit there for a while.
Well, Just about this time, the people at Porsche + Audi decided it was time to introduce a new
model Porsche. The dealer where the puppy was visiting agreed to host the official introduction.
They invited everyone to come see the new car,called a 924- People came from all over and thepuppy thought, "maybe now I can get a ride in a Porsche; maybe there will be someone here who wants totake me home."
Late that night when everyone was leaving, somepeople stopped to talk to the puppy. He had a lotof good food that night, but still wanted to have ahome.
One of the people talking to the puppy was theeditor of a world famous PCA newsletter. Many peoplesaid to the editor, "why don^t you take this puppyhome with you?" and the puppy agreed.
So the puppy climbed into the editor's 91 IT,and they headed for Kimberton. The puppy had a newhome and a new name: Ferry (after all, what else doyou call a puppy you get from a Porsche dealer?).The editor had a new puppy to guard his 91 IT.
And they lived happily ever after.
THE END
Auf wiederseheni
Editor
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QUAD REGION AUTO CROSS SERIES
There are two more events left in the QuadRegion Autocross Series at Christmas Village inBernville, PA. The map below shows you how toget there from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Thedates of the last two events are July l8 and August 1. The July one is hosted by Schattenbaum,and the August one, which will be followed by theaward picnic and trophies, is hosted by JerseyShore.
The Riesentoter teams are faring quite wellafter the first two events, and it looks likeseveral of our drivers will be in for some silver.
Christmas Village is a very interesting go carttrack; there's no getting lost among many pylons.It's great fun running there, but even if you don'trun, it's a good place to come out and watch. TheJuly meeting will show some slides taken here.
Try to be there by 9:00 for early registrationand early tech so the competition can be started by10:30 or 11:00.
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ANNUAL SUMMER PICNIC
DATE; August 22rid - 1:00pm (Rain or Shine)
PLACE: Camp Hideaway, Arcola, Pa. (See map)
ACTIVITIES:^ A. Swimming Pool
'Red Cross lifeguard on dutyfrom 1pm to 7pni.Dressing rooms available
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Between 4 and 6 cylinder owners.Try to bring a baseball glove.
C. Baking Contest
Prizes for separate categoriesin cakes, pies, & other goodies(Brownies, cookies, etc.; Pleaseplace baker's name on bottom ofserving dish. After judging, allentries will be consumed bypicnic-goers.
D. First Annual Popularity Concours
Prizes in three separate classesof 556, 911/912 & 914. Everyonewill Jiave a chance to vote fortheir favorite car in each class.Very low-keyed concours. No need towash your car, but it might help.
FOOD & DRINK:
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One 5i X 15J steel wheel with a l65 SR 15 Dunlop tire,Never on the road (it was my spare). S50.00. CallJim Williamson at (302) 738-5^85-
1966 912, 5 speed, air conditioning, chrome wheels,new Michelins, Ansa, NO RUST. Needs paint and lightinterior work. 105,000 miles, new clutch, starter,generator. Offers around S25OO. Rick McCurdy, at7202L Eubanks LP, Fort Meade, MD 20755- Telephone(301) 67/f-82Af7. OR, telephone (2l5) 6if6-87^2 afterAugust 1, 1976.
W-H DAY AT TRENTON SPEEDWAYFred Weeks of W-H Porsche + Audi of Trenton, NJ hasrented Trenton Speedway for the entire day of July17, and has invited all RCA members to come to thetrack and "run what you brung." There will also bea Turbo and a few 924's there for demo rides. Formore details, call W-H Porsche + Audi at (6O9) 883-9400.
PORSCHE-BMW CHALLENGESchattenbaum Region, PGA is hosting the first annualPorsche-BMW Challenge on August 14, 1976, a Saturday.The Challenge will be held on the drag strip ofMcGuire AFB, Wrightstown, NJ. Tech and registrationopen at 9:00 AM, and the first car will run at 10:00.Entrance fee is $5-00, and there will be a lOO carlimit. Early registration is requested. Send to:Joe Basile, 4 M 3 Arbor Green, Beverly, NJ O8OIO.
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Richard S. Ross, Jr., Elkins Park, PA.
Dr. David J. and Shelley Miller, Morrisville, PA.
Stuart Odell, Gladwynne, PA.
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